In order to know the meaning of the term insult, the first thing we must do is discover its etymological origin. In this case, we can underline that it is a word that derives from Latin, exactly from the verb “dehonestare”, which can be translated as “disgrace” and that it is the result of the sum of two different components:
-The prefix “de-”, which means “to bring down” or “from top to bottom”.
-The verb “honestare”, which is synonymous with “honor”.
Denostar consists of harshly criticizing someone.
What is reviling
The verb denostar refers to harshly criticizing or insulting someone. When a person is reviled, his honor is affected.
Among the synonyms of reviling we find offending, slandering, insulting, offending or even vilifying. On the contrary, among the antonyms we can highlight praise, honor, flatter or praise.
For example: “It is not my intention to revile my predecessor, but the truth is that he has done an unfortunate job”, “According to several sources, the president’s order to his ministers was to go out and revile the strike”, “The young people, please rebellion, they tend to revile the police officers”.
By insulting someone, he is insulted.
An example
Denostar consists of speaking very badly about an individual, an object or a situation. Suppose a journalist attends a rock concert only to later write a review in a magazine.
In his review, the journalist maintains: “The show was very bad, with horrible sound. The musicians in the band mixed up the chords and the singer was out of tune all night. The concert turned out to be a scam: without a doubt, a terrible experience for all of us who met at the theater”. Reading this newspaper article, someone could argue that the journalist was responsible for reviling the rock group in question.
Demonstrate the traditional
It is important to establish that, sometimes, as society advances and new technologies or inventions arrive, it is decided to revile the classic or the traditional. A good example of this is that with the birth and spread of ebooks or tablets, there are those who are reviling paper books. And it is that they consider that these technological devices not only allow them to store more works but also weigh less and take up less space.
However, there are those who continue to defend the paper book because it allows you to create a library at home, because its operation is much simpler than that of any technological device, because it contributes to the maintenance of bookstores and libraries, because it does not leave lying around because runs out of battery or because, among other things, it has a much longer useful life than any technology.
Verb conjugation
It is important to keep in mind that insulting is an irregular verb. When the stressed vowel should correspond to the letter O of “denost” , it becomes UE.
Therefore, it is correct to say “In his release, the writer reviles his literary agent”, while the expression “In his release, the writer reviles his literary agent” is wrong. “Denosta”, “denosten” and “denostan” are some incorrect forms (the proper ones are “denuesta”, “denuesten” and “denuestan”).